/*
 * Copyright 2021 Peter Trifanov.
 * Copyright 2018 java-diff-utils.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 *
 * This file has been modified by Peter Trifanov when porting from Java to Kotlin.
 */
package com.gitee.wsl.struct.compare.diff.algorithm

import com.gitee.wsl.struct.compare.diff.patch.Change

/**
 * Describes a diff algorithm.
 *
 * @param T The type of data that should be diffed
 */
 interface DiffAlgorithm<T> {
    /**
     * Computes the changeset to patch the [source] list to the [target] list.
     */
     fun computeDiff(
        source: List<T>,
        target: List<T>,
        progress: DiffAlgorithmListener = NoopAlgorithmListener()
    ): List<Change>
}
